I’ve driven by this shed a hundred times. It sits just off the road to the side of a house in an aging neighborhood. The neighborhood replaced what was once rural land maybe forty years ago. The land was cut up into lots, one to three acres I would guess. This place may be a couple of acres.
Today, people use the road to bypass traffic jams on the primary roads. The neighborhood is surrounded by new neighborhoods packed with $700,000 and up homes on 1/2 to 3/4 acre lots. No doubt this place, and the rest of the neighborhood, will be “consolidated” and sold to a developer in the next ten years or even sooner…to pack in more people and mini-mansions.
The old shed survived the first round of development and even got a shiny red paint job on the door. Though no one has seen fit to keep it that way. Now the shed sits facing the road, the door being the first thing one notices when the place comes into view.
Like an old dog, lying in the sun, wearing his old red collar, watching all the traffic pass by…long since having served his master. Not a care. Not a worry. Biding time.
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Don, what a beautiful tribute to the past. Pretty soon, someone will buy this shack, gut it, fix it up and sell it for 700,000.00 Its a crazy world out there! And I’m VERY glad we already own our home!!!
Thanks for stopping by Lindsay!
Anyone who owns their home is way ahead of the curve regading financial freedom. Congrats!
Don, I knew exactly where this shed stands as soon as the page came up! I drive by it on my way from Alpharetta to Kennesaw, and keep meaning to bring my camera so I can capture it before it is gone. Thanks for the sketches!
How neat! I realized upon looking at it again that it’s not on Ebeneezer…it’s on Blackwell Road.
My mistake
It is such a neat old building with the red door and you’re right, it really gets one’s attention on rounding that bend.
Wonder what’s inside? Could be “little junior”…
(I always joke with my wife that my parents used to keep me under the stairs most of the time and referred to me as “little junior”.)
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